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Industry Car Tech

Lyft's introduces Shared Saver: Lower fare for those willing to walk a little

A little exercise never hurt anyone

By Cal Jeffrey, February 21, 2019, 8:13 PM

Hardware Gaming

Specifications leak for rumored mid-range GeForce GTX 1650

The card will likely retail between $150-200 and be released sometime in March

By Dean Pennington, February 21, 2019, 6:22 PM 3 comments

Industry Gaming

Reggie Fils-Aimé will retire from Nintendo in April

Nintendo of America marketing head Doug Bowser set to take over

By Cal Jeffrey, February 21, 2019, 4:54 PM

Mobile

Verizon is planning to bring true 5G to 30 US cities in 2019

Time will tell if Verizon can deliver

By Cohen Coberly, February 21, 2019, 4:09 PM

Car Tech Industry

Consumer Reports retracts Tesla Model 3 recommendation due to 'reliability issues'

The site has changed its mind again

By Cohen Coberly, February 21, 2019, 3:13 PM

Tech Deals Electronics

Deal alert: These 32-inch Fire TV sets are a steal at $100

An excellent choice as a secondary television

By Shawn Knight, February 21, 2019, 2:41 PM

Hardware

Intel takes on AMD's budget-focused Athlon Zen with the new Pentium G5620

The CPU will retail around $100 with lower priced Pentium Gold variants also being released

By Dean Pennington, February 21, 2019, 1:53 PM 12 comments

How to Find Your Original Windows 10 Product Key

FEATURE By Mark Turner, February 21, 2019, 1:38 PM TechSpot Software

For a long time Windows PCs (OEMs) came with a product key sticker with your license info, but now manufacturers are storing this license within the machine's UEFI/BIOS, so the information is retrieved and applied automatically. Furthermore, your Windows license can now be tied to your Microsoft account. Let us explain...

Electronics

Building a 270-degree fisheye lens from scratch

This lens can literally see behind itself

By Shawn Knight, February 21, 2019, 1:11 PM

Google The Web

YouTube terminates over 400 channels in response to suspected child exploitation

The platform also forwarded the incriminating comments to law enforcement

By Dean Pennington, February 21, 2019, 12:28 PM

Apple

Apple to issue joint credit card with Goldman Sachs this year

An Apple-branded credit card could boost adoption of Apple Pay

By Shawn Knight, February 21, 2019, 12:00 PM 3 comments

Electronics

HTC's new Vive Focus Plus gets two 6DoF motion controllers

Launching in 25 markets in the second quarter

By Shawn Knight, February 21, 2019, 10:50 AM

Apple Industry

Apple falls from first to 17th on 'most innovative companies' list

A Chinese app maker has taken the top spot

By Rob Thubron, February 21, 2019, 9:40 AM 11 comments

Industry Mobile

Apple and Samsung lose ground in smartphone market as Chinese rivals pile on pressure

A bad year for the top two firms

By Rob Thubron, February 21, 2019, 8:42 AM 12 comments

Electronics Hardware

Intel confirms non-volatile MRAM is being produced with high yield

A candidate to replace DRAM, SRAM, and flash

By Greg Synek, February 21, 2019, 7:50 AM 3 comments

Tech Culture Mobile

Android update bricks Nike's $350 self-lacing sneakers

Welcome to the world of tomorrow

By Rob Thubron, February 21, 2019, 7:02 AM 15 comments

The Best GeForce RTX 2060 Graphics Cards

FEATURE By Steven Walton, February 21, 2019, 6:02 AM TechSpot Hardware

The GeForce RTX 2060 offers a middle ground for great performance at a price that remains within reach of most enthusiasts. If you're convinced this is the best GPU for you, you will still have to choose among dozens of different models. Here come our picks.